Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Why printed copies of the Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Change are not available four days after publication; when they will be made available; and who was responsible for the decision not to make printed copies available.

Lord Dykes: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they will make representations to the government of Israel about the prospects of Israel joining the non-proliferation treaty, given that their arsenal of long-range weapons is estimated internationally to be larger than that of the United Kingdom.

Lord Warner: The data supplied for England are at 30 September each year based on the National Health Service registration periods which applied in each year. The figures for 2000 and 2005 are affected by the reduction in the registration period to 15 months in 1997. Data are not available for 1990. Strategic health authority (SHA) data are not available prior to 1997. The following tables provide the regional data requested for England.
	
		
			 England
			 1995 2000 2005  
			 27,285,146 24,527,730 24,203,449 Adults and Children Registered with an NHS Dentist 
			 56 per cent 50 per cent 48 per cent Percentage of Population Registered with a NHS Dentist 
			 1 Personal dental services (PDS) schemes have varying registration periods. To ensure comparability with corresponding general dental services data, PDS registrations for established PDS practices are estimated from 2004 onwards using "proxy registrations", namely the number of patients seen by PDS practices in the past 15 months. 
			 2 Data for 2000 and earlier do not include those PDS schemes that do not have any registrations (for example, dental access centres) and are therefore not directly comparable with later data. 
			 3 In 1997, the registration period changed to 15 months. Previously, the period for adults was 24 months whilst children's registrations expired at the end of the following calendar year. The introduction of PDS in October 1998 and subsequent growth have also affected the figures. 
			 4 Prison contracts have not been included in this analysis. 
		
	
	
		
			 General dental services (GDS) and personal dental services (PDS): NHS dental patient registration data at England level, as at30 September, for each specified year (England) 
			 1991 1995 2000 2005  
			 21,570,226 27,285,146 24,527,730 24,203,449 Adult and Children Registered with a NHS Dentist 
			 45 per cent 56 per cent 50 per cent 48 per cent Percentage of Population Registered with a NHS dentist 
			 Source:  The Information Centre for health and social care, NHS Business Services Authority (BSA), Office for National Statistics 
		
	
	
		
			 General Dental Services (GDS) and Personal Dental Services (PDS): population registered with a dentist, at SHA level and for England, as at 30 September in each specified year. 
			 Strategic Health Authority 1997 2000 2005 
			 England 27,147,063 24,527,730 24,203,449 
			 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA 1,195,147 1,136,979 1,175,843 
			 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA 874,093 790,572 804,136 
			 Essex SHA 841,866 824,948 761,559 
			 North West London SHA 927,091 788,973 784,476 
			 North Central London SHA 604,499 516,889 513,558 
			 North East London SHA 713,538 603,645 619,906 
			 South East London SHA 740,707 632,633 626,430 
			 South West London SHA 635,191 530,436 499,416 
			 Northumberland, Tyne & Wear SHA 871,750 774,789 817,238 
			 County Durham and Tees Valley SHA 719,755 661,091 655,776 
			 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA 906,871 868,704 836,634 
			 West Yorkshire SHA 1,274,203 1,149,755 1,138,407 
			 Cumbria and Lancashire SHA 1,056,559 979,663 925,864 
			 Greater Manchester SHA 1,580,894 1,396,827 1,373,588 
			 Cheshire & Merseyside SHA 1,488,004 1,337,831 1,359,911 
			 Thames Valley SHA 905,167 806,872 794,503 
			 Hampshire and Isle of Wight SHA 961,750 835,434 737,325 
			 Kent and Medway SHA 731,942 699,828 649,273 
			 Surrey and Sussex SHA 1,363,897 1,227,999 1,135,802 
			 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA 1,133,324 1,005,707 990,811 
			 South West Peninsula SHA 844,516 765,894 773,246 
			 Dorset and Somerset SHA 702,884 646,067 618,981 
			 South Yorkshire SHA 800,655 744,260 742,522 
			 Trent SHA 1,508,310 1,443,864 1,388,024 
			 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA 895,154 822,626 811,696 
			 Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA 756,816 668,314 687,500 
			 Birmingham and The Black Country SHA 1,260,532 1,117,547 1,205,207 
			 West Midlands South SHA 851,948 749,583 775,817 
			 Source:  the information centre for health and social care, NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) 
			 1 The postcode of the dental practice was used to allocate dentists to specific geographic areas. SHA areas have been defined using the Office for National Statistics all-fields postcode directory. 
			 2 Dentists consist of principals, assistants and trainees. Information on NHS dentistry in the community dental service, hospitals and prisons is excluded. 
			 3 The data in this report are based on NHS dentists on PCT lists. These details were passed on to the BSA, which paid dentists based on activity undertaken. A dentist can provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses or has agreed with the PCT. In some cases an NHS dentist may appear on a PCT list but not perform any NHS work in that period. 
			 4 Most NHS dentists do some private work. The data do not take into account the proportion of NHS work undertaken by dentists. 
			 5 PDS schemes had varying registration periods. To ensure comparability with corresponding GDS data, PDS registrations are estimated using "proxy registrations", namely the number of patients seen by PDS practices in the previous 15 months. PDS proxy registrations were not estimated for periods before September 2003—actual registrations were used before this date. 
		
	
	
		
			 General dental services (GDS) and personal dental services (PDS): NHS dental patient registrations as a percentage of the population, at SHA level, as at 30 September for each specified year 
			 Strategic Health Authority 1997 2000 2005 
			 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA .. .. 51.92% 
			 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA .. .. 49.31 
			 Essex SHA .. .. 46.27% 
			 North West London SHA .. .. 41.92% 
			 North Central London SHA .. .. 41.30% 
			 North East London SHA .. .. 40.18% 
			 South East London SHA .. .. 41.09% 
			 South West London SHA .. .. 37.39% 
			 Northumberland, Tyne & Wear SHA .. .. 58.10% 
			 County Durham and Tees Valley SHA .. .. 56.93% 
			 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA .. .. 50.41% 
			 West Yorkshire SHA .. .. 53.73% 
			 Cumbria and Lancashire SHA .. .. 47.77% 
			 Greater Manchester SHA .. .. 53.92% 
			 Cheshire & Merseyside SHA .. .. 57.61% 
			 Thames Valley SHA .. .. 37.14% 
			 Hampshire and Isle of Wight SHA .. .. 40.71% 
			 Kent and Medway SHA .. .. 40.05% 
			 Surrey and Sussex SHA .. .. 43.80% 
			 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA .. .. 44.61% 
			 South West Peninsula SHA .. .. 47.46% 
			 Dorset and Somerset SHA .. .. 50.84% 
			 South Yorkshire SHA .. .. 57.76% 
			 Trent SHA .. .. 51.38% 
			 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA .. .. 50.57% 
			 Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA .. .. 45.66% 
			 Birmingham and The Black Country SHA .. .. 52.70% 
			 West Midlands South SHA .. .. 49.33% 
			 Source:  the information centre for health and social care, the NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) and the Office for National Statistics 
			 1 The postcode of the dental practice was used to allocate dentists to specific geographic areas. SHA areas have been defined using the Office for National Statistics all-fields postcode directory. 
			 2 Dentists consist of principals, assistants and trainees. Information on NHS dentistry in the community dental service, hospitals and prisons is excluded. 
			 3 The data in this report are based on NHS dentists on PCT lists. These details were passed on to the BSA, which paid dentists based on activity undertaken. A dentist can provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses or has agreed with the PCT. In some cases, an NHS dentist may appear on a PCT list but not perform any NHS work in that period. 
			 4 Most NHS dentists do some private work. The data do not take into account the proportion of NHS work undertaken by dentists. 
			 5 Not applicable. Population estimates are not available at SHA level prior to 2001. 
			 6 PDS schemes had varying registration periods. To ensure comparability with corresponding GDS data, PDS registrations are estimated using "proxy registrations", namely the number of patients seen by PDS practices in the previous 15 months. PDS proxy registrations were not estimated for periods before September 2003—actual registrations were used before this date. 
		
	
	The data supplied for Northern Ireland are at30 June each year with the exception of December 1994, as these are the closest available archived data to 1995. Data are not available for 1990.
	
		
			 Northern Ireland December 1994 June 2000 June 2005  
			 992,870 923,974 911,915 Adults and Children Registered with an NHS dentist 
			 60 per cent. 55 per cent. 53 per cent. Percentage of Population Registered with a NHS dentist 
			 Source: Central Services Agency 
			 1 Figures for registered patients include a small proportion that may reside temporarily elsewhere in the United Kingdom. 
			 2 Population base is mid-year estimate of home population for each year (from General Register Office, Northern Ireland). 
		
	
	Information on dentistry in Wales and Scotland is a matter for the relevant national administration.

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: The National Archives (TNA) has collected further detail from those public bodies that reported losses in the Iron Mountain warehouse fire. Because of the varied nature of the information provided, it is not practicable to make an overall estimate of the financial cost to government. However, the information collected on costs, insurance, recovery planning and reporting to Ministers has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The table below specifies the number of passports issued by the Identity and Passports Service (IPS) Belfast office during the past five full calendar years, and includes the number of passports issued for the current year up to 22 October 2006. These numbers include passports issued based on both applications received from customers by the Belfast office and applications received following internal work transfers.
	
		
			 Calendar Year Passports issued by the IPS Belfast Office 
			 2001 217,309 
			 2002 241,045 
			 2003 234,508 
			 2004 299,231 
			 2005 362,062 
			 2006* *311,940 
			 * 2006 data include passports issued up to 22 October 2006

Lord Morris of Manchester: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	Whether they were satisfied with the accuracy of the Explanatory Memorandum accompanyingthe Pensions Appeals Tribunal (Armed Forcesand Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme) (Rights of Appeal) Amendment Regulations 2006; and, if not, what action they have taken tocorrect it.

Lord Drayson: We are satisfied that the Explanatory Memorandum accompanying the Pensions Appeals Tribunal (Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme) (Rights of Appeal) Amendment Regulations 2006 was accurate, as we had no reason to believe that there would be any adverse reaction to the proposals from the bodies that we consulted.
	The ex-service organisations had been briefed in 2005 on the late inclusion of temporary awards into the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme Order 2005 and of our intention not to extend appeal rights to such decisions. These groups had already accepted the absence of appeal rights on interim awards, which are in principle similar to temporary awards.
	No objections were raised on the lack of appeal rights on interim awards when the Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme) (Rights of Appeal) Regulations 2005 were scrutinised by Parliament early last year. It was therefore felt that temporary awards would similarly not attract any adverse comment.

Lord Drayson: A letter was received on 12 July 2006 from the chairman of the Select Committee on the Merits of Statutory Instruments in relation to consultation arrangements on the Pension Appeals Tribunals (Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme) (Rights of Appeal) Amendment Regulations 2006. A response was provided by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence on 30 October. We understand that these letters will be published by the Merits Committee in due course.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The available data are contained in the attached table.
	
		
			 Police Officer Medical Retirements1 (FTE)2 by Force from 2000-01 to 2004-053 
			 Police Force 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 
			 Avon & Somerset 42 42 34 10 16 
			 Bedfordshire 18 8 7 1 3 
			 Cambridgeshire 11 10 8 4 1 
			 Cheshire 22 22 25 15 11 
			 City of London 9 8 4 8 4 
			 Cleveland 9 21 11 11 11 
			 Cumbria 24 7 7 4 3 
			 Derbyshire 12 9 12 2 9 
			 Devon & Cornwall 15 19 9 6 9 
			 Dorset 12 10 3 9 4 
			 Durham 8 15 11 6 7 
			 Dyfed-Powys 14 13 11 7 9 
			 Essex 34 32 21 16 13 
			 Gloucestershire 7 10 13 5 2 
			 Greater Manchester 110 57 33 10 14 
			 Gwent 16 24 22 8 13 
			 Hampshire 17 19 11 11 8 
			 Hertfordshire 13 8 7 3 1 
			 Humberside 20 11 10 2 10 
			 Kent 29 38 21 9 6 
			 Lancashire 30 39 22 13 11 
			 Leicestershire 28 7 9 6 8 
			 Lincolnshire 4 3 10 3 7 
			 Merseyside 47 58 51 25 25 
			 Metropolitan Police 225 219 150 60 64 
			 Norfolk 10 16 13 6 10 
			 Northamptonshire 8 6 3 3 3 
			 Northumbria 28 33 21 9 4 
			 North Wales 31 20 14 6 7 
			 North Yorkshire 37 16 9 8 8 
			 Nottinghamshire 16 14 16 12 15 
			 South Wales 76 50 33 14 8 
			 South Yorkshire 30 30 17 12 3 
			 Staffordshire 9 24 22 14 13 
			 Suffolk 14 13 12 8 3 
			 Surrey 18 24 12 10 6 
			 Sussex 16 16 9 4 12 
			 Thames Valley 20 17 29 17 8 
			 Warwickshire 15 7 8 4 3 
			 West Mercia 28 28 20 11 10 
			 West Midlands 29 30 21 13 12 
			 West Yorkshire 44 61 23 11 5 
			 Wiltshire 5 3 15 2 6 
			 Total 1,209 1,114 819 418 405 
			 1 Data collated on behalf of and published by HMIC. Data for 2005-06 have been collated but not yet been validated. Figures will be available in the HMIC annual report 2005-06 due for publication by March 2007. 
			 2 This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items. 
			 3 Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. 
		
	
	
		
			 Police Officer Retirements1 (FTE)2 for Derbyshire Police Force from 2001-02 to 2005-063 
			 Year 2001-02 2002-034 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 
			 Retirements 54 55 52 73 96 
			 1 Retirements include all medical retirements and ordinary retirements. 
			 2 Full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. 
			 3 Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. 
			 4 In 2002-03 leaving figures were not available for quarter 1 (April to June 2002 inclusive). 
		
	
	
		
			 Police Officer Medical Retirements1 (FTE)2 for Derbyshire Police Force from 2001-02 to 2005-063 
			 Year 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-064 
			 Medical Retirements 9 12 2 9 n/a 
			 1 Data collated on behalf of and published by HMIC. 
			 2 Full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. 
			 3 Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. 
			 4 Data not available. Data for 2005-06 have been collated but not yet been validated. Figures will available in the HMIC annual report 2005-06 due for publication by March 2007.

Lord Davies of Oldham: Train running data for the Rail Network as a whole are collected and processed by Network Rail. The department holds information on passenger train cancellations and punctuality broken down by franchise but not by the day of the week or route.
	The following table shows the total cancellations suffered by each franchised train operator for the year to 19 August 2006, the most recent available figures. Punctuality is measured using the public performance measure (PPM) expressed as a moving annual average (MAA). This measure is also included in the table.
	
		
			 PPM MAA and cancellation data for the year running to 19 August 2006 
			 Franchise operator PPM MAA (%) Total cancellations 
			 TPE 88.5 746 
			 One 87.2 8,171 
			 Northern 86.5 6,369 
			 FCC 88.1 4,994 
			 GNER 84.1 568 
			 Merseyrail 92.3 2,102 
			 VWC 85.7 638 
			 Central 81.0 7,955 
			 VXC 82.5 650 
			 Arriva 84.1 2,710 
			 Chiltern 92.1 1,016 
			 Silverlink 90.7 3,092 
			 c2c 93.2 1,422 
			 southeastern 87.5 5,502 
			 Gatwick 91.8 489 
			 Southern 89.4 5,783 
			 SWT 90.2 5,677 
			 FGW 83.7 4,798 
			 MML 92.4 395

Lord Rooker: The chief executive of Roads Service has written to the noble Lord in response to this question. The text of the letter is as follows.
	The Londonderry to Dublin corridor comprises the A5-N2-N32-M1. The section of the route in Northern Ireland forms the western key corridor from Londonderry through Strabane and Omagh to Aughnacloy on the A5. This is one of five key transport corridors identified in the regional transportation strategy for Northern Ireland (RTS). The regional strategic transport network transport plan (RSTNTP), a daughter document of the RTS, contains proposals costing some £1,000 million to develop the strategic road network up to the end of 2015. Schemes on the western corridor included in the current strategic road improvement (SRI) programme include:
	
		
			 Scheme Name Description £m Position 
			 A5 Newtownstewart Bypass 2.6 kilometre single carriageway bypass 8.2 Complete 
			 A5 Strabane Bypass Stage 2 2.6 kilometre single carriageway bypass with 1.4 kilometre side roads 5.0 Complete 
			 A5 Omagh Throughpass 3 2.4 kilometre single carriageway extension to Throughpass 10.0 Complete 
			 A5 Tullyvar (PPP Package 2) 3.1 kilometre single carriageway realignment with climbing lanes each way 6.4 Preparation Pool* 
			 A5 Strabane Bypass Stage 3 New 1 kilometre single carriageway bypass extension 4.1 Preparation Pool* 
			 A5/N14 Strabane Bypass-Lifford Link Upgrade of link between the A5 in Strabane and N14/N15 at Lifford 3.0 Forward Planning Schedule** 
			 * Preparation Pool—high priority schemes that are being designed and progressed through the statutory procedures and are expected to be implemented within the next five years. 
			 ** Forward Planning Schedule—schemes that are expected to be implemented within the next five to 10 years. 
		
	
	The investment strategy for Northern Ireland, which was developed by the Strategic Investment Board for Northern Ireland (ISNI) and announced in December 2005, envisages a further investment of £400 million on major works schemes on the strategic road network. Roads Service is currently considering the responses to the consultation document for an expanded SRI programme that would be expected to commence in the latter part of the 2005-15 RSTN plan period.
	The consultation document proposes a significant road improvement scheme on the western key transport corridor between Londonderry and Victoria Bridge, south of Strabane. The scheme would provide 30 kilometres of new route (ie, off line), to 2+1 standard, and would include bypasses of New Buildings, Magheramason, Strabane and Sion Mills at an estimated cost of £130 million, at 2005 prices.
	I should add that all schemes listed above will be subject to detailed economic appraisal, clearance of the relevant statutory procedures, and the availability of funds through the normal budgetary processes.

Lord Rooker: The following table provides the number of convictions for speeding on a public road covering the calendar years 2000 to 2004, the latter being the most up-to-date available at present.
	It should be noted that data are collated on the principal offence rule, thus only the most serious offence with which an offender is charged is included.
	
		
			 Convictions for speeding on a public road 2000-041,2 
			 Year Number of Convictions 
			 2000 3,847 
			 2001 3,769 
			 2002 3,336 
			 2003 3,191 
			 2004 3,248 
			 1. Data for 2004 are provisional. 
			 2. Data include convictions for "L drivers exceeding 45mph", "R drivers exceeding 45mph" and "exceeding special speed limits".

Lord McKenzie of Luton: This information requested is not available.

Baroness Cox: asked Her Majesty's Government:
	What (a) income support, and (b) benefits, individuals subject to control orders mayreceive; and what legislation currently regulates this.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Reports on the exercise of the Secretary of State's control order powers during 2005 and 2006 can be found in the Written Ministerial Statements made on: 16 June 2005 (Official Report, col. 23WS),10 October 2005 (Official Report, col. 9WS), 12 December 2005 (Official Report, col. 131WS), 13 March 2006 (Official Report, col. 88WS), 12 June 2006 (Official Report, col. 48WS) and 11 September 2006 (Official Report, col. 121WS).
	To date, the Government have not sought a derogation from Article 5 of the ECHR therefore no derogating orders have been made.

Lord Rooker: The meeting to which the Lord Bach referred was a round-table meeting of mainly UK (not European) stakeholders, which took place in London on 13 March 2006. The aim was to look at issues surrounding the ban on imports of wild birds from a conservation perspective. Specifically, the meeting considered the impact of wildlife trade bans on illegal trade and local livelihoods. It concluded that there was a general lack of evidence in both these areas. Consequently, Defra is in the process of commissioning research to look specifically at these issues.
	An informal note of the meeting was prepared and I have asked officials to place a copy in the Library of the House.

Lord McKenzie of Luton: I refer the noble Lord to the Answers given to him on First World War debt due to the United States Government by the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh of Haringey, on 17 July 2002 (Hansard,col. WA159) and 30 July 2002 (Hansardcol. WA161).